REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 09/15/2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance No. 3334, first reading of an ordinance adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and approving an amendment to the El Cerrito Specific Plan (SP91-02) to allow cold storage warehouse in Planning Areas 1 and 2 of the Light Industrial Zone. (SPA2021-0001)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Specific Plan Amendment 2021-0001 (SPA2021-0001) is an amendment to the El Cerrito Specific Plan (SP91-2) to include cold storage warehouse operations as a permitted land use in the Light Industrial (LI) Zone for Planning Area 1 and Planning Area 2. The proposed amendment supports light industrial operations allowed by the LI Zone, which is consistent with the land uses intended in Planning Area 1 and Planning Area 2.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council introduce by title only and waive full reading for consideration of Ordinance No. 3334, first reading of an ordinance adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and approving an amendment to the El Cerrito Specific Plan (SP91-02) to allow cold storage warehouse in Planning Areas 1 and 2 of the Light Industrial Zone. (SPA2021-0001)
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The City Council at its meeting on August 4, 2021, held a public hearing on SPA2021-0001. The City Council approved SPA2021-0001 and introduced the first reading of Ordinance 3334, adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and amending the El Cerrito Specific Plan to allow cold storage warehouse in Planning Areas 1 and 2.
The City Council at its meeting on September 1, 2021, removed the second reading of Ordinance 3334 from the agenda at the request of the applicant. The applicant obtained new information on the health risk assessment or...
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